An uproarious applause ca from the vast crowd as many shouted in glee. Their Empire, the Faceless Empire, now ruled the world. It was impossible to not be happy.
Noticeably, so in the crowd were not cheering. They stood there solemnly. These were the people coming to represent their Empire's attendance. Whether it was Emperors, Kings, or ssengers, all wondered what this ant for them and their people in the future.
The Emperor continued to speak. "I have already sent letters out to the various Empires of the Terra Continent. They can either acknowledge our position as the rulers of the world, and accept the na change from Terra Continent to the Continent of Wu, or they can be eradicated."
More cheering was heard.
The Emperor's speech continued for a while, explaining various matters and changes that would be occurring soon. It was clear that he had planned this out long ago.
The speech soon ended, though the excitent it caused never died down.
Returning to the Imperial Palace, the Emperor began to assign missions.
With an entire continent to expand on, there were many, many people who had to go to different places. So were sent by themselves with only the people they could bring, such as servants and guards, but so were sent with Sword Masters.
Different places had different levels of strength and threat, which constituted a different level of force sent out just in case. Luckily, their allies also had Sword Masters which could be used.
Skynder had hoped that he would be sent towards the western part of the Empire so that he may see the Western Monks again, but the Emperor had an important task for him.
When all of the other assignnts were given out, the Emperor took Skynder to a room. Inside of it was the restrained Ancient Empire Emperor. Once at the top of the world, he was now reduced to a re prisoner.
He was asleep, so the Emperor splashed water on him to awaken him.
The Ancient Empire Emperor awoke, breathing heavily. When he saw Skynder and the Emperor, hatred was visible on his face.
He did not speak.
The Emperor began to speak to him. "Light Ocean Kingdom."
The Ancient Empire Emperor's face changed.
"What have you discovered in your expeditions?" The Emperor asked.
Before the Ancient Empire Emperor answered any questions, he asked one.
"What happened to my grandfather?" He asked.
The Emperor did not hesitate a mont before speaking. "He was killed by Sword Grandmaster Shang."
The Ancient Empire Emperor closed his eyes. After a few minutes, he opened them again.
"You want to know about the Light Ocean Kingdom, but what can you give in return?" He asked.
"We can promise to spare so of your people and allow them to live as a Kingdom under the rule of the Faceless Empire." The Emperor said.
The Ancient Empire Emperor laughed. "Are you saying that you'd kill all of them if I don't? There are millions of people there. All of your loyal followers and allies would no longer look at you the sa if you committed a massacre of that scale. You would lose far more than you would gain."
He clearly did not take it seriously for even a single second.
The Emperor looked at him coldly. "Yes, I will."
The Ancient Empire Emperor looked at him, about to speak. However, when he saw the infinite coldness that filled the Emperor's eyes, his confidence wavered. Sothing told him that if he did not agree to these terms, the people of the Ancient Empire would not live for much longer.
He was just about to speak when a roar filled the skies.
It shook the entire Imperial Capital, causing the Emperor to nearly lose balance.
His eyes widened in shock as he ran out of the prison chamber. Skynder did not need to look to know what was happening. That was the unmistakable roar of the Mountain Serpent. For so reason, it had co to attack the Imperial Capital.
Skynder left the prison chamber, finding the nearest balcony and looking out off of it.
In the distance, he saw the Mountain Serpent in all of its glory. Its head peaked over the Imperial Capital's walls, but a figure jumped at it. His slashes left his sword and cut the snake, sending it retreating from the walls.
Their battle continued not far from the Imperial Capital. Skynder could still feel the constant shaking.
Following Sword Grandmaster Shang and the snake, the first rank Sword Masters of the Faceless Empire, as well as the first rank Sword Master of the Golden Sparrow Empire, went out of the Imperial Capital.
Skynder quickly ran to the city walls, where he and many others watched the battle take place. The Emperor, who was now calm, also watched the battle take place.
"What could have caused it to co attack us?" He asked.
Skynder thought about everything. After ten minutes, he spoke.
"I used the Deprivation poison on it. I haven't had ti to tell anyone about it, but I found a town inside of the Mountain Serpent when it swallowed ."
He began to tell the Emperor the unbelievable story. By the end, he was shocked.
However, Skynder continued. "It was once a benevolent deity of sorts. It watched over the people that lived inside of it, and perhaps outside of it. However, those people faced so sort of disaster and were wiped out. Perhaps what it was Deprived of was its benevolence, or its mories of the people that once worshipped it, which caused it to follow its instincts and begin to attack those who had hard it. I suppose it only took this long because it was healing from before."
The Emperor nodded at his conclusion.
By the ti he had finished talking, things were not looking good for the Mountain Serpent.
One of its eyes had been completely destroyed, while the other was extrely damaged.
This was the work of Sword Grandmaster Shang.
He was like a god himself. Even if he was alone, the snake would have lost, but with the assistance of three first rank Sword Masters, it was a casual affair.
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